- Link:
- http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40895
- Collection:
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- Subjects
- Aeronautics and Astronautics. Engineering Systems Division.
- Creators:
- Bador, Damien (Damien Pierre Marcellin Dominique) Bador, Damien (Damien Pierre Marcellin
Dominique)
- Contributors:
- Warren P. Seering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering
Systems Division.
- Format
- 154 p.
- Language
- eng
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Rights
- M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See
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- http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
- Type
- Thesis
- Description
- Product development is a major source of
competitive advantage in the commercial aircraft business.
Judiciously implementing commonality across a range of products
yields important benefits in this area. Thus, measuring the quality
of commonality implementation is extremely beneficial for aircraft
manufacturers. This thesis analyses the concept of commonality and
divides it into three constructs that can help understand all of
its aspects: standardization, reusability and modularity. This work
then presents a set of metrics measuring each of these aspects,
from the point of view of the manufacturer and of the customer. The
appropriateness of this set of metrics is then tested in a case
study analyzing the efficiency of commonality implementation in the
cockpit of two well-known commercial aircraft families: the Airbus
A320 family and the Boeing 737 family. This thesis further
describes what additional analysis should be performed to validate
the set of metrics for broader applications. After documenting the
efficiency of the set of metrics, this thesis analyses the current
practices of commonality management in commercial aviation. It
finally explores some of the limitations of the concept of
commonality and sketches solutions to overcome
them.
- Description
- by Damien Bador.
- Description
- Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics; and,
(S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems
Division, 2007.
- Description
- Includes bibliographical references (p.
143-154).
- Rights
- M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be
viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or
distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about
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